Sale reports / Missouri / Lolli Brothers Livestock Market / 2026-05-05

Lolli Brothers Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Missouri · Tue, May 5
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1813
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,542 head
171 vs last sale 1,713 233 vs year ago 1,775 · 13.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
14 vs last sale 56 5 vs year ago 75 · 6.7%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 28, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs and 600-700 lbs sold steady, with 500-600 lbs trading steady to 10.00 higher with the most advance on the 500-550 lb steers. Heifer calves weighing 400-450 lbs on a light test sold with a higher undertone with 450-600 heifer calves trading steady to firm with two pot loads of 680-695 lbs selling with a firm to higher undertone and two pot loads of 702 lb heifers traded 3.00 higher than pot loads of similar weight last week. Demand was good on a moderate supply with a nice overall quality offering of calves with several 20-30 head groups in the offering. Stick out sales included the pot loads of heifers with pot load 684 lbs at 392.50, pot load 694 lbs 387.25, 151 hd 702 lbs at 384.50. Slaughter cows traded with a higher undertone compared to last week's light offering.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $454.07/cwt on 168 head, up $15.02 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 19 comparable sales and sits +21.55 against this barn's trailing median of $432.52.
Average price
$454.07
15.02 vs prior sale
168 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,442
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$57.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.90
vs MO average
+26.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533459.562,448152
Medium and Large 1-2586401.902,35516thin
One grade step is worth $57.66/cwt here — about $93 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales
476445415384median 432.5212/1602/0303/3106/0208/11
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $461.89, low $398.38, median $432.52 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale168 hd
454.07
MO average19 barns · 2,430 hd
436.17
+17.90
National average182 barns · 12,459 hd
427.90
+26.17
This barn, trailing median19 sales
432.52
+21.55
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,776215.023,8185thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,725183.023,1574thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,507181.182,73018
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,177172.622,0326thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,063164.851,75216

Every lot, as filed

47 lots · USDA AMS · Lolli Brothers Livestock Market - Macon, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650618383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,3673
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600595440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,6185
HeifersLarge 1450–500473468.00/cwt468.00–468.002,21414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350344531.00/cwt531.00–531.001,8276
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450408537.99/cwt515.00–552.502,19517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450428468.42/cwt459.00–475.002,0057
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500482530.47/cwt508.00–570.002,5578
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450428571.16/cwt560.00–580.002,44516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850814357.00/cwt355.50–360.002,9069
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600568488.85/cwt457.50–510.002,777138
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550536488.21/cwt470.00–494.002,61733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650647415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,6853
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500467553.04/cwt542.50–560.002,5838
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565433.43/cwt424.00–439.002,44923
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650627452.01/cwt437.50–470.502,83496
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400373632.94/cwt600.00–657.002,36118
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550527464.22/cwt442.00–485.502,446129
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550–600580411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,3846
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550513531.17/cwt500.00–547.502,72578
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475490.96/cwt475.00–500.502,33291
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450439583.81/cwt561.00–605.002,56338
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700673442.11/cwt418.00–459.002,97566
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650646379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,4484
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950938315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,9555
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700689390.14/cwt387.75–392.502,688162
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750735321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,3594
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350337600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,0223
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650614420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,57918
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700652378.43/cwt376.00–379.002,46721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600586401.90/cwt385.00–413.002,35516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400384542.80/cwt521.00–585.002,08418
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500452457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,0684
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350348492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,7143
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750702384.50/cwt384.50–384.502,699151
Bulls1,880185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,4781
Bulls1,753228.04/cwt223.00–234.003,9983
Bulls1,740206.00/cwt206.00–206.003,5841
CowsBoner 80-85%1,145182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,0841
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,440160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,3041
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,506185.71/cwt181.00–190.002,79710
CowsLean 85-90%997145.58/cwt142.50–147.501,4513
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,518177.74/cwt173.00–180.002,6987
CowsLean 85-90%1,095161.23/cwt157.00–167.001,7655
CowsLean 85-90%1,067174.34/cwt168.00–185.001,8608
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,725183.02/cwt182.00–185.003,1574
CowsBoner 80-85%1,191172.18/cwt168.00–178.002,0514
CowsBoner 80-85%1,155165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,9061

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.